Candalides hyacinthina, the varied dusky-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria.[2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

Subspecies

  • C. h. hyacinthina - common dusky blue (southern Queensland to central Victoria, Grampians)
  • C. h. simplexa (Tepper, 1882) - western dusky blue (north-western Victoria, Southern Australia, Western Australia)
  • C. h. eugenia Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Queensland (Port Stewart to Yeppoon))
  • C. h. josephina Harris, 1952 (Stawell)

References

  1. ^ Candalides hyacinthina at the Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ Candalides hyacinthina Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine at Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candalides_hyacinthina
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